
Can you have games without a story line: ones that are just puzzles? ScreenCritics takes a look at the story free game and analyses how successful

Tetris returns in Winter 2024.
Hopefully they’ll add Tetris DX from Gameboy Color. That’s one of my favorite versions of classic Tetris. The NES version is a bit too basic.

Discover the incredible story behind the world-famous game of Tetris, from its origins in Soviet-era Moscow to its global domination in the 1980s and beyond. Learn about the legal battles, political intrigue, and personal connections that helped make Tetris one of the most beloved and enduring games of all time.

PLAYSTUDIOS, a casual games developer has officially acquired the rights to develop the iconic Tetris franchise for mobile devices.
I believe they refer to those as "puzzle games".
Why not both? A puzzle game eith a dtory such as Portal 2 and The TALOS Principle.
Wait....you mean a game can not have a story???? Mind blown.
Games without story lines used to do quite well when they were called 'arcade games'.